Draft Regional Profile of the MLPA South Coast Study Region
Point Conception to the California/Mexico border (September 15, 2008 draft)

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This document includes background information about the Marine Life
Protection Act (MLPA) South Coast Study Region relevant to marine
protected area planning as part of the MLPA Initiative process. In order
to provide the best readily available information to stakeholders and
decision-makers within the MLPA process, we invite you to review this
document and associated maps and appendices.

No later than October 31, 2008, please provide any comments, additional information sources, and other suggestions for improvements. The following kinds of comments would be most useful:

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The MLPA Initiative staff appreciates your input and will strive to
incorporate suggested improvements to the extent possible. Questions
regarding this document should be directed to MLPA staff at
AskMPA@wildlife.ca.gov.

Maps

Note that the maps in this regional profile are numbered based on the section of the profile where the map data are discussed. For instance, the information displayed on map "3.1-1" is discussed in section 3.1 and is the first map presented in that section. Map 3.1-2 is the second set of maps discussed in section 3.1.